Mika Lappalainen | Friday, 26 August 2022
Two weeks ago Satu got Covid. I did what any loving husband would do. When she was sitting on couch, I sat on chair otherside of living room, I came home so late that she had eat dinners, so I ate alone. And of course we slept in different rooms, just like all married couples will do.
I made one mistake, when Satu had hard pains and ache in muscles and joints, I gave her a hug on third morning. You shouldn't show any that kind of love to your wife. That is unforgivable.
Week ago when walking back to car after guiding I had feeling in lugn and I knew that hug was a mistake. Good side of Covid is that you can avoid social things and go fishing because you should be isolated. It is like children when they are small, great excuse for nap.
Saturday we were fishing with Thomas, with separate cars just in case. Nice day and way too hot for good fishing, still we manage to caught some graylings. Three hours fishing really took everything from me and I had to stop earlier than planned. Sunday I was just sleeping, and Monday, and Tuesday and Wednesday, well I worked two to three hours each day and then had have two to three hours sleep to get thru the evening and time night sleep.
Thursday still not in best fit but I can't stay at home anymore. Nice sunny day, not too warm, I think is time to go check on new spot which is close the ones I use in autumn.
I have had it since 2018, It has been in my back or car during fishing trips, not in use. This summer I have take it with me on the river but not used still, well few times I have gave it to clients so it is easier for them to wade.
Spot I fished had some nice spots surrounded by fast rapid, bottom is big rocks and stones, kind of dark. I fished with dry and then lower part went back to nymphing first time for weeks. I got few graylings with nymphs as I thought. Back to dries, wading back upstream to reach spots I was nymphing earlier. I was thinking to take wading stick from belt, naa, I'm not that clumsy yet, I can do without it. Then symptoms gave me another thought, my balance was not working as earlier, so I took stick and kept wading. What a fuck.
To be honest, I knew what a difference it will make, and still when using it... Now I really understand how much faster, safer and easier is wade with stick than without. For sure I will use it now on where I can't see bottom or there are big rocks and stones which are not really on their place, especially in the waters which I don't know exactly. I was able to reach places where I could have better angle for fishing and it was safer. How stupid you can be, wading stick is not weakness it is intelligency. And if I modify it little bit it will be stand for camera also.
I was fishing nice looking spot on the neck, last one for day, looks like place for bigger fish. Dry fly on, made few casts, nothing. One more have to get fly close to shore, there is deeper looking hole. Not so far away, about 50 feets, backcast, forward, haul, cracking sound.. what the hell, line is not going forward. I'm looking downstream, line is floating down, I'm holding half rod. Okay, so for some reason other half got loose, I take line in carefully to get other half back. Game over from today, rod is broken from joint.
So universe is speaking and I ain't listening. It obviously said that go home and stop fishing, you are not in shape. And because I didn't listen rod is broken. Am I superticious, of course I am. All the fisherman are more or less.
Have a nice weekend and go fishing
Mika